Victor J. Torres is an American microbiologist. He is the Albert and Rosemary Joseph Endowed Chair of the Department of Host-Microbe Interactions at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, where he also serves as director of the Center for Infectious Diseases Research. He is a 2021 MacArthur Fellow.
1995âÂÂ2000, Bachelor of Sciences: Concentration in Industrial Microbiology, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
2000âÂÂ2004, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD): Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.
2005, Postdoctoral Fellow: Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.
2006âÂÂ2008, Postdoctoral Fellow: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee. .